slave to the algorithmn. i made the designs for theses animations In the late 1990s when I suddenly was the head designer of a new cartoon show for WDR. That show had the simple and irresistible name „The ÖRKS“ (which just spelled out the first letters of public children’s television in German). the show was made for kids but we managed to smuggle in some media criticism as well. For two years an animation studio with 10 employees worked on these animations day and night. We had already produced more than 30 one-minute clips, when the show was suddenly cancelled after its debut. now, 20 years later finally some of these animations return to life and lets hope this is only the beginning...

a pocketfull of rainbows

Hello again. 2017 is done – welcome 2018. the last year was 1 big rush with many ( maybe too many) serious projects to work on and not enough time to be spent on all the weird stuff. I do miss the funny moments in being artist and that has to change! Now!
Didn’t write a new song in half a year and that has to change as well. To give myself some pressure I just announced a couple of special themed shows on the lives of famous eccentrics and I guess I better hurry and write some new weirdo material to play to that. The show are named after my favourite Elvis song “a pocketfull of rainbows” (thanks to club2 - ivi to introduce it to me) and will feature songs about Einstein, Joyce, Sun Ra, Wilde, many others and of course Elvis himself.

business as unusual

finally the slow boat of Neoangin is taking up speed again. clubs are calling and asking for shows, some even from abroad. in the next weeks you find me in a couple of interesting places , zurich, bruxelles and amsterdam among them. before that there will be a remake of that notoriuos neoangin unplugged show with jens friebe on grand piano next thursday in Urban Spree to celebrate the launch of a new coffetable dictionary mysteriuosly titled "business as unusual". in the meantime please enjoy this little video that i made on a sunny afternoon in october. birds in black and white

whats going on when nothing goes on

you people who frequently check on neoangin.info must get the feeling that there is simply just nothing going on here. the last entry was from before i had released my new album and that is already half a year ago. its true but also not.
first of all i was quite busy in the last few months putting exhibitions up and down all over germany. second it was impossible to get a good video together for the new album - there were 3 good ideas but they all got lost in the process of making them and third i was a bit disappointed that there was just no reaction from the press and radios to all those beautiful handmade infos that i had sent out with my album.
not to forget that it felt a bit odd to do a concept album that is critical with social media and the internet and then just return to business as usual. but like always the show must go on and behind the scenes there is interesting stuff happening. there is a couple of new shows happening soon and also a return of the unplugged show with jens friebe, and after almost 7 years there is a new who is afraid of friendly capitalism party - now that is something to look forward to....

here it is

just the same day i returned from this amazing south america tour with shows in Buenos Aires, Santiago, Quito and la Paz the copies of my new album "highway to hello" arrived as well. i was more dead than alive when i returned home because i got sick of height in La Paz and then more sick from the pills against it, ate something weird in the plane and then had shivers all the way home, so i didn't even open the boxes to see how they look like. After i spent a few days in bed things are good again but i am kind of in a rush now - record release is in less than 2 weeks already and i haven't sent copies to any radio or magazine or done the poster for the party yet. looks like its last minute jim in full effect. here is a tiny little trailer to give you a small idea how it sounds like. i am still happy with it. if you want a copy send me a mail at the usual address.

alrededor del mundo

from tomorrow on i will be gone to south america for the next 3 weeks to do shows and exhibitions in argentina, chile, equador and bolivia. if you have friends or family over there please invite them to one of my events. Big thanks to holger who helped setting up these events. i haven’t been in any of these countries and no idea what to expect, but i am sure its going to be a great experience.
in the meantime the new album finally gets produced as both CD and vinyl, thanks to over 60 people who answered my last newsletter and convinced me to not just release digital but physical as well. i tried to make a box with 7inches of neoangin - classic, but it never worked out. just when i paid the production the company ran out of business business and gave me the money back, so i finally decided to release the new album on vinyl as well for the first time in over 10 years.
There all be a recrelease party in good old Südblock over here in berlin on may 27 and i have manu louis from belgium and dj M.Bluse from the notorious tam-tam in Munich as guests. please join in

highway to hello

its done. after a mindblowing and crazy week in the MOKIKstudios in berlin 16 new songs are recorded. the new album is called HIGHWAY TO HELLO and it's going to be a concept album about the internet and how it is changing everybodies life. it start with the sound of a 56k modem and it ends with withe noise. inbetween there are songs about Twitter, Facebook and counting likes, about getting lost in the cloud and how everything looks better in the internet. Producer Chris Imler and Mixer Norman Nitzsche threw in their very own personalities , had plenty of unconventional ideas and turned the classical neoangin sound into something yet unheard. In a few more weeks it will be released and for the first time in NEOANGIN history also on vinyl. in the meantime there are a few shows here and there plus a 24 hour lifepainting with 12 DJs in my Gallery in Stuttgart- come by if you are near - we might use the setting for a videoshoot.

neoangin unplugged

a few days ago i found myself on stage with only a mic and a friend playing the piano. no masks to hide behind, no playback to hum along, it was just jens friebe playing beautifully stripped down versions of my songs and me for the first time in my music history feeling a bit nervous before a show. people seemed to like it - applause was stronger and longer than usual and people told me later that without all the electoronic mumbo jumbo they could better enjoy my music and that instead of releasing another regular album i should do an unplugged album. but what can i say - to me all the cartoony random noises, the hyperactive beats and not beginning and endings is just what makes my sound . i put some of the songs we played on youtube for those of you who want to give the unplugged side of neoangin a listen. there is some additional percussion and background shalalas by chris miler on the last song. enjoy and don’t forget to vista the neoangin xmas extravaganza on dec 16 unless you live in berlin. i might have some surprises especially for you

did you scratch my records?

2016 - what a strange year - we saw England leaving the EU, we saw Trump conquering the US and we saw some people dying, we thought they were kind of immortal. also my very own masterplan for 2016 - to have a year off, totally failed. already in january i sabotaged myself when i agreed to paint in a refugee camp in berlin and then decided to release a coloring-in book for refugee kids, wich is now in its 5ths edition. There will be a releaseparty in Nürnberg next friday and the week later the Goetheinstitute invited me to play a show in a " cool underground club( in their own words) " in Amman / jordania to celebrate the release of the arabian edition of this coloring-in book. And already next week i will have my first unplugged show with nobody else but jens friebe playing sophisticated pianoversions of some of my songs. and don't you miss the annual neoangin xmasparty at valentinsstüberl this year, together with wonderful Panxi on dec 16 and lets all hope 2017 will be better. It will a round birthday for neoangin and to celebrate this i decided to release a box with 7inches and silkscreen printed covers - so don't you scratch my records friends...

too late to die young

In 2017 the 1 man band Neoangin will have its 20 the birthday!!! while i am still considering myself as a young artist that is just about to arrive on the scene i guess i might have to face the fact that i am already around for 2 decades. sometimes i see young people at my show that tell me that their parents played my music to them when they were kids. i guess i have to continue and what better way than doing it with not only a new album but also for the first time in bandhistory a box with 7 inches, old songs beautifully rerecorded mixed with new ones. not that i have done it already, but studio is booked and even good old chris imler agreed to do the nasty producers job again. in the meantime theres a few more shows to keep me in the mood and alive. hope to see you guys